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1. undulations (plural noun):
actions of moving smoothly up and down, like a wave
“Between the shadow spaces they are yellow as gold, like soft gold, bearing on the flanks in smooth undulations the marks of the adze blade: a good carpenter, Cash is.” (Chapter 1, Page 4)
2. bazaar (noun):
market
“‘Maybe I can sell them at the bazaar Saturday,’ I say.” (Chapter 2, Page 7)
3. beholden (adjective):
owing someone something in return for a service or help
“We would be beholden to no man,’ he says, ‘me and her.’” (Chapter 5, Page 19)
4. bounteous (adjective):
given generously
“He just looked at her, and I felt the bounteous love of the Lord again and His mercy.” (Chapter 6, Page 24)
5. victuals (noun):
food
“And now I got to pay for it, me without a tooth in my head, hoping to get ahead enough so I could get my mouth on God’s own victuals, and as hale and well as ere a woman in the land until that day.
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